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Oprah Winfrey gestures during a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Sydney Opera House in Australia on Dec. 14, 2010. The episodes aired in January 2011 as part of the show's 25th and final season. (Brendon Thorne / Getty Images)

Oprah is our cultural Oppenheimer

Melanie McFarland

Oprah Winfrey shaped what America reads, buys and believes. Not all of it aged well

The latest person in Trump's orbit to make the late night circuit  — Natalie Harp. Skits on SNL and Jimmy Kimmel have featured Trump's personal aide as overly dedicated to the president. (Disney / Randy Holmes)

"SNL" returns with "Natalie Harp"

CK Smith

The comedy sketch show turned Trump aide Natalie Harp's devotion to the president into a horror-movie gag

Chef decorating a plate (Hispanolistic / Getty Images)

The women reshaping kitchen culture

Francesca Giangiulio

From the Chef's Table Festival, chefs with different styles show there's no one way to lead

Some Republican candidates are starting to move away from their support of President Donald Trump and his agenda (Getty Images)

Republicans are running for the hills

Heather Digby Parton

Ahead of the midterms, voters are livid at Donald Trump — and the GOP is on notice

(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Trump TV's intentional brainrot

Alex Galbraith

As the polls get worse for Republicans, Trump offers his base a boob-tube safe space

Donald Trump dons a "Trump 2028" red hat to close out his rambling attack on the press at the WHCA make-up dinner, rescheduled after a shooting at the April event. (Mandel NGAN / Getty Images)

Trump's pardons unlike other presidents

Caren Morrison - The Conversation

Trump’s second-term clemency has saved convicted defendants nearly $1.7 billion in forgiven financial obligations

Christian athlete and celebrity Tim Tebow helped promote a financial organization that is now under investigation for its predatory practices under the guise of a worship event. (Derek White / Getty Images)

The controversy of Tim Tebow & LifeSurge

CK Smith

Christian star is taking heat over Life Surge, but dozens of celebs lent credibility to questionable financial org

President Trump addresses the press gaggle outside Air Force One. The animosity between the two continues with new media bans. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump finds another way to shut out CNN

CK Smith

A judge restored the network's White House access on Thursday. By Saturday, it was blocked from Air Force One

President Trump spoke at the UNGA this week and swore to find a deal with Iran or "annihilate them". He has since rejected a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. (WPA Pool / Getty Images)

Trump says no to Iran's Hormuz deal

CK Smith

210 days after launching the war, Trump rejected a proposal that could reopen the critical strait within a week

Merritt Wever and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

"Primetime" isn't Chris Hansen's story

Coleman Spilde

Robert Pattinson's role as the "To Catch a Predator" host turns the tables on its audience

Ingredients for banana cake. (Vladimir Mironov / Getty Images)

The banana cake that gave me back myself

Helene Rosenthal

I left advertising to raise my daughters. A banana cake helped me find the creative life I thought I’d lost

480 Otis walks across Brooks River in Bristol Bay, AK on Sept. 20, 2023. 480 Otis is estimated to be 27 years old and is a four time Fat Bear Week Champion. (The Washington Post / Contributor via Getty Images)

Fat Bear Week should be every week

Troy Farah

Give me the "American Idol" version of meadowlark songs

President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping after giving a tour on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 24, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fox suffers with Trump's press crackdown

Sophia Tesfaye

One man is waging war against the network from the White House — and it's not Donald Trump

A poster showing a sample mail-in ballot is displayed as U.S. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice on September 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. McCotter announced that an election worker in Utah has been indicted for allegedly throwing away ballots. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Voters targeted by feds hold green cards

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

There’s no evidence of any organized efforts to cheat the American electoral system

President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pro-Trump ads paid for by taxpayers

Troy Farah

The controversial ads have invited bipartisan criticism. The White House said it was “educational" and "patriotic"

Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork in "The Monkees" (Michael Ochs Archives via Getty)

The Monkees was our first boy band

Melanie McFarland

Hey hey, Boomers and Gen X after-school TV kids: this one's for you

Dolly Parton performs on the Pyramid stage during day three of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

A menu for Dolly Parton Day

Francesca Giangiulio

A Southern spread honoring the Queen of Country, with recipes tied to her life and legacy

Brian Karem in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Dec. 9, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's press ban? I've seen this show

Brian Karem

Before this week, only Jim Acosta and I knew what this felt like. It's nice to see some solidarity at last

'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Christian Vierig)

MAGA manhood is a real danger to women

Amanda Marcotte

Long before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women

A Wendy's burger is seen in Ohio on Aug. 4, 2026. (Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fast food and the private equity fallout

Alex Galbraith

The places Americans once loved for being cheap are a lesson in what buyouts do

Demonstrators protest the Trump administration's executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian Institution march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on May 3, 2025. (Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's culture war with the Smithsonian

Alec MacGillis - ProPublica

Trump plans to install anti-woke warning signs outside the history museum

Donald Trump speaks briefly with the press as he walks with China's President Xi Jinping on September 24, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump folds as White house press returns

Troy Farah

A judge Trump appointed said he didn’t follow due process in the ban

The kitchen in Julia Child's old home in 2003. It has since been remodeled as the house is going on the market this month. (Evan Richman/The Boston Globe / Getty Images)

Julia Child’s home is for sale

Ashlie D. Stevens

Her longtime Cambridge home is on the market for $6.475 million, with plenty of Child history still inside

Cornell Young IV as Shaquille in "A Different World." (Daniel Delgado Jr/Netflix © 2026)

A homecoming for "A Different World"

Melanie McFarland

Netflix's anticipated revival prioritizes Black joy at a time when HBCUs and other universities have been targeted

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